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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Nex are a band from Poland that plays an modern form of death metal and this is a review of their self released 2015 ep "Totalitarian Leader".

Distorted effects start off the ep giving the music a sci-fi atmosphere along with some elements of electronic music before going into a heavier direction which also introduces death metal growls onto the recording and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard and the riffs also use a decent amount of melody.

All of the musical instruments on the recording have a very powerful sound to them and the music also has its brutal moments and the guitar solos and leads are also done in a very melodic fashion and throughout the recording you can hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and some old school influences can also be heard at times and spoken word samples a re added onto the last track.

Nex plays a style of death metal that is very modern while also being very different from most of the genre, the production sounds very professional for being a self released recording while the lyrics cover anti religion themes.

In my opinion Nex are a very great sounding modern death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Slaves In the Name Of The Law". 8 out of 10.

Friday, December 30, 2016

Vultur are a band from Greece that plays a very old school form of death metal and this is a review of their 2016 demo "Vulture's Bleak" which was released on cassette by War Productions.

Death metal growls start off the demo along with some heavy guitar riffing a few seconds later and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and when the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can be heard and the music is very heavily rooted in t he 90's style of the genre.

Throughout the recording you can hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and the riffs also bring in a decent amount of morbid sounding melodies and the solos and leads also bring in a more chaotic style of the genre and all of the songs sound like they could of easily been recorded and released in the 90's and all of the songs stick to a very heavy musical direction.

Vultur plays a style of death metal that is very dark, heavy and morbid sounding in the 90's tradition, the production sounds very old school while the lyrics cover gore, death, murder, horror and darkness themes.

In my opinion Vultur are a very great sounding old school style death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this demo. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Vulture's Bleak" and "Incubation Of Grimness". 8 out of 10.

Festering are a band from Portugal that plays a very old school form of death metal and this is a review of their 2016 album "From The Grave" which was released by War Productions.

A very dark, horror movie orientated intro starts off the album before going into a heavier direction that also uses a great amount of death metal growls and morbid sounding melodies and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard and the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's.

High pitched screams can also be heard at times and the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and the solos and leads also remain true to an old school style of death metal and the music is also very heavily influenced by the Swedish style of the genre and all of the songs also sound like they could of easily been recorded and released 25 years ago and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and one track also brings in a brief use of spoken word parts while one track also uses keyboards for a few seconds before closing the album with a heavier song.

Festering plays a style of death metal that is very raw and aggressive in the 90's Swedish tradition, the production sounds very old school while the lyrics cover gore, death, and disease themes.

In my opinion Festering are a very great sounding old school death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Exhumed" "Consuming From Within" "Bloodline" and "Psychic Convulsions Of Neurasthenia". 8 out of 10.

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Scalpture are a band from Germany that plays an old school form of death metal and this is a review of their 2016 album "Panzerdoktrin" which was released by Final Gate Records.

Military beats start off the album before going into more of a heavier and melodic direction and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard while the vocals are mostly death metal growls and the music is very heavily rooted in the 90's Swedish style of the genre and the solos and leads are very melodic.

Throughout the recording you can hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and all of the songs sound like they could of easily been recorded and released more than 20 years ago and there is also a brief use of war era spoken word samples before returning back to a heavier direction and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them.

Scalpture plays a style of death metal that is heavily rooted in the 90's Swedish style of the genre ans also always remains heavy, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover war themes.

In my opinion Scalpture are a very great sounding old school death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "...Panzer Hooray!" "Flattened Horizons(Pounding Howitzers)" and "Embrace the Afterglow". 8 out of 10.

Inexorable are a band from Germany that plays a very dark form of death metal and this is a review of their 2015 ep "Sea Of Consciousness" which will be re-issued in 2017 with a bonus track by Godz Of War Productions.

Distorted yet clean playing starts off the album along with the music getting more dark and heavier a few seconds later and after awhile the music speeds up and also introduces blast beats and deep death metal growls onto the recording and you can also hear a small amount of melody in the riffing.

At times the vocals get very grim and when melodic chants are utilized they give the music more of a ritualistic feeling and the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and there is also a brief use of spoken word parts and clean playing also returns briefly as well as a few seconds of classical guitars.

All of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and one track which is also very long and epic in length also brings in evil sounding keyboards and when guitar leads are utilized they are done in a very melodic fashion and they also bring in covers of Mayhem's "De Mysterious Dom Sathanas" which has acoustic guitars at the beginning Immolation's 'Here And After" which has melodic chants that where not on the original version and Mysticism's "Black Magic Mushrooms".

Inexorable plays a style of death metal that is very dark and evil while also being very original at the same time, the production sounds very dark yet heavy at the same time while the lyrics cover Death and Vanitas themes.

In my opinion Inexorable are a very great sounding dark and original death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "I" and "IV". 8/5 out of 10.

Morbid Messiah are a band from Mexico that plays a very dark and old school form of death metal and this is a review of their ep "In The Name Of True Death Metal" which will be released in 2017 by Godz Of War Productions.

A very dark and evil intro starts off t he ep along with some deep death metal growls a few seconds later which also leads up to a very fast musical direction that also uses a great amount of blast beats and the music is very heavily rooted in the 90's style and at times a small amount of melody can hear.

When guitar solos and leads are utilized they remain true to an old school death metal style and the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and high pitched screams can also be heard at times and the music also brings in a rawness and darkness that is very rarely heard in this genre these days and all of the songs sound like they could of easily been recorded and released more than 20 years ago,.

Morbid Messiah plays a style of death metal that is very dark, raw, heavy and old school sounding, the production has more of an old school style while the lyrics cover death, evil, gore, blasphemy and demons themes.

In my opinion Morbid Messiah are a very great sounding dark and old school death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "I Am Your Lord" and "Legions Of Death". 8 out of 10.

Maze Of Sothoth are a band from Italy that plays a Lovecraft themed style of death metaol and this is a review of their album "Soul Demise" which will be released in 2017 by Everlasting Spew Records.

A very dark and avant garde ritualistic synth starts off the album and after the intro the music gets more heavy and brutal along with a decent amount of morbid sounding melodies and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard and you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the recording.

Vocals are mostly deep death metal growls and the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and the musicians on this recording are very talented and the solos and leads are very melodic while still being in a darker style and the music also brings in a great amount of 90's influences while also being very modern at the same time and as the album progresses synths also make a return in certain sections of the recording while the main focus is on a brutal style.

Maze Of Sothoth plays a style of death metal that is very traditional and brutal while also mixing in a sci-fi atmosphere at times, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics are based on the writings of H.P Lovecraft.

In my opinion Maze Of Sothoth are a very great sounding Lovecraft themes death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Lies" "The Outsider" "At The Mountains Of Madness" and "Divine Sacrifice". 8 out of 10.